The events that led up to Djokovic leaving Australia on the
evening of 16 January 2022, only hours before he was due to play in
the Australian Open, involved a whirlwind of characters and plot
twists - the world number 1 tennis player and vocal anti-vaxxer, a
visa grant, a travel exemption, a visa cancellation, an overturned
decision, an appeal, immigration detention, a Friday evening
cancellation decision, a Sunday afternoon court hearing, teams of
lawyers and court personnel working tirelessly behind the scenes -
all culminating in the tennis stars departure from Melbourne
airport on the evening of Sunday 16 January 2022.
Chief Justice Allsop, Justice Besanko and Justice
O'Callaghan of the Federal Court ordered on 16 January 2022
that Djokovic's appeal to overturn the Minister's decision
to cancel his visa, be dismissed with costs. The written reasons
for the decision were published on 20 January 2022. Now that we
have the decision, let's break down the reasoning
